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A61 crash in North East Derbyshire on 19 November 2008 at 14:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A61 in North East Derbyshire at 14:50 on Wednesday 19 November 2008. A 61-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 2008
Wednesday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13473, longitude -1.41941, in the DE55 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shirland, North East Derbyshire, DE55 6FU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Derbyshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200830C000701
Council area
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 38 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200830C000701 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Derbyshire road accident statistics for 2008.